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374 New Cases Of Coronavirus in Rhode Island; 15 Deaths
To date, there have been 8,621 cases of the virus in the state and 266 deaths.
PROVIDENCE, RI — There are 374 new cases of coronavirus in Rhode Island on Thursday and 15 additional deaths. In total, there have been 8,621 cases of the virus in the state and 266 deaths.
As of Thursday, 339 people were in the hospital. Of these, 85 were in intensive care units, and 54 were on a ventilator.
The Rhode Island Department of Health is now using a new reporting tool, allowing hospitals to more easily report data. The new system replaces the labor-intensive one implemented at the beginning of the crisis with a more streamlined one, the department said.
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"Rhode Island is continuing to develop its systems for tracking and responding to COVID-19, including its data systems, as the scope of the public health emergency has broadened," the department said in a statement.
The latest town-by-town case numbers are listed below.
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- Providence: 2,682
- Pawtucket: 826
- Cranston: 511
- North Providence: 463
- Central Falls: 429
- East Providence: 350
- Warwick: 327
- Woonsocket: 295
- Cumberland: 188
- Smithfield: 160
- Johnston: 143
- North Kingstown: 134
- West Warwick: 130
- Coventry: 106
- Lincoln: 90
- Bristol: 79
- Burrillville: 67
- South Kingstown: 66
- Tiverton: 46
- East Greenwich: 43
- Westerly: 42
- North Smithfield: 35
- Newport: 35
- Barrington: 32
- Warren: 32
- Narragansett: 31
- Middletown: 27
- Portsmouth: 23
- Scituate: 23
- Exeter: 22
- Glocester: 18
- West Greenwich: 16
- Richmond: 15
- Little Compton: 10
- Hopkinton: 10
- Foster: 10
- Charlestown: 10
- Jamestown: 8
- New Shoreham: 0
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